Work holder



July 4, 1944.

C. WEIDAUER woRKVHoLDER vFiled Sep't. 18, 1941 L INVENT'OR I v .4 'B5-PQ ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 4, 1944 ff*iig-UNITED[,sTATEs PATENT oFFlcs WORK HOLDER Curtis Weidauer, Manhasset, N. Y., rassignorjr'to` t Samuel Brskman, Newr York, Y.,vv l

Application September 18, 1941,- Serial No. 411,299

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in Work holders and more'particularly it pertains to a means for holding a pinking shears blade blank in order that a serrated cutting edge may be formed thereon by a milling machine of otherwise standard construction.

A .pinking shears blade consists of a body portion having a Yiiange extending along one edge thereof and in which a plurality of serrations which form cutting teeth, are fformed. The teeth are provided with cutting edges by means of lapping vas disclosed in U, S. Letters Patent No. 2,286,874, granted June 16, 1942, for Method of making lpinking shears, to one, David L. Schwartz, the teeth themselves being formed by a milling operation.

= It is one object of lthe present invention to provide a novel Work holder for firmly holding the blade blank upon the head of a milling machine and yet permit of its ready attachment to `ac nd removal from the head. 1t isa further object of the invention so to construct the work holder that the work may be removed from the head -of 'themachine without removing the headfrom the machine.

Other objects of the invention will"appearas the nature of the invention is better understood" and reference will be had to the accompanying drawing in which,

' Figure `l is a view in elevation of the head ofl a'rotary head milling machine with a work holder constructed in accordance with the present invention attached thereto,

Figure 2 isla view thereof in side elevation,

the view 'being partly broken away,

Figure 3 is' a sectional View taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a distended perspective View of one of the blank clamping elements, and;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating a 'modied form of clamping member.

In the drawing the reference character 8 illusktrates diagrammatically the head of a rotary compiish 'this result the blade blank is 'secured to the head 8 of a milling machine, the cutterf 9 being suitably mounted on and secured to the bed of such machine.

The holder for the blade blank Ill comprises a substantially rectangular vmain body portion I 4 which is secured tothe face ofthe rotary head 8 by means of aplurality of fastenings I5 in the form of screws, bolts y'or the' like. The Work holder I4has a raised portion I6 upon which theblade blank ID rests in order to move it into a plane spaced with respect to the plane of the face1 of the rotary head 8. Inpp'eration, the rotary head 8 turns in a counter-clockwise direc-` tion'as indicated by thearrow AA in Figurel and means is provided to back up the trailing edge I'I of the blade blank IIJ under the strain' o f themilling operation. This means coinprisesaA block or thev like IB secured to the faceOfthe head 8 byineans of screws, bolts or the like j|9 and said block I8 is provided with a plurality'A of varcuate channels 20 which coincide with the cuttingteeth oi the cutter 9 during themilling operation.

Means is provided to retain the blade blank Il) l in position upon the work holder andthis means is carried by the work holder and is movable to and from overlying position with'respect to thev blade blank I0.

oneendpf the 'blade blank is provided with a lug or the like 20 shown in dotted lines in Figure 1 and one of the fastening means is adaptedy to overlie this lug and have clamping' engagement therewith. 1 'I'his clamping means com :prisesamember 2Iwhich is cylindrical in form and it has a radially projecting lug 22 at one end thereof. As best illustrated in Figure 3, the

member 2l is rotatably mounted inthe boxes 23 inthe main body portion of the work holder I4 and intermediate of its ends the member 2| is provided with a continuous channel 24. Rotatably mounted in the bore 25 of the Work holder, there is a member 26 which is provided with an eccentric recess 21 in which is mounted a pin 28 upon the inner end of which is carried a cam 29. The member 26 is retained in the bore 25 by means of a key or the like 30 which is secured to the body portion of the work holder by a screw or the like 3l and which is bifurcated to provide two legs 32 and 33 which straddle the member 26 in an annular channel 34 therein. By this construction the member 26 may be riotated within the bore 25 to raise and lower the member 29. This construction also Vpermits of rotation of the member 2| in order that its projecting lug 22 may be moved to and fro-m overlying relation with respect to the blade blank I0 carried by the Work holder.-

The device operates in the following manner. In that form of the invention illustrated'in Figures 1 to 4, the Work holding devices are of the type `iust described and as illustrated in Figure 1, there are two of such devices carried by the work holder, one being designated B insaid figure, the other being designated Ctherein.

Assuming that there is no blade blank in position upon the work holder and that the members 2| of the holding means are free to rotate; The members 2| are rotated to position their lugs so that the blade blank ||l may be placedupon the work holder after which the lugs are turned into that position in which they overlie lthe'blade blank, by rotation by the members 2|. In this position the members 26 are rotated by a suitable key, wrench or the like to 'rotate their repsective cam members 29 and force the lugs 22 of the members 21| into holding engagement with the blade blank. By reason of` the fact that the members 2| are reciprocated in their .bores 23 by the cam member 29, it is obvious that they will be rheld .in that position to which they Aare moved into holding engagement with the blade blank |11 by their cams 2.9 until such time as the cams are again rotated :to release the holding engagement of the members 2|.

In that form of the invention illustrated `in Fgure 5 there isa member 4D which issubstantially :of the-same Vconstruction asthe member 2B heretofore mentioned which member carries an eccentricallv mounted pin 4| which isadapted to bereceived within an opening 42 in .a hook-.like member A3,

This modied form .of .the invention diners from the form heretofore described in that the actual holding means consists of.a swinging or pivoted membersuch-as the hooked member 43, the angular end 45 ofwhich is-adapted .to move into overlying relation with respect to the blade blank l0 by its pivotal movement vand moved .into clamping engagement therewith by rotation of the member 40 inthe heretofore described manner of operation of the member 26.

From the foregoing it is apparent .that -the present invention provides anew and improved work holder in which the work may be readily attached to, or removed from the holder ina simple and rapid manner and yet, a construction is provided by which the work may be securely .retained in position upon the holder.

While the invention has been herein illustrated in its preferred forms, it is to be understood that it is not to ybe limited to the specific constructions herein shown and 'that it may be prac.

ticed in other forms Without departing from the spirit thereof,

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A work holder of the type described comprising a main body portion, means for securing the body portion in position in a machine, a work supporting member carried by the body portion, a Work clamping element mounted for reciprocatingandrotatable movement in the body portion including a work engaging extension movable into and out of overlying relation to a piece of'work upon the work supporting member as the work clamping element is rotated and into and out of clamping engagement with a piece of work upon the worksupporting member as the clamping member is lreciprocated in the work holder, and means for reciprocating the clamping element in the body portion.

2. A work holder of the type described comprising amain body portion, means for securing the body portion in position in a machine, a work supporting member carried yby the body portion, a work clamping element mounted vfor reciproeating and rotatable movement in the body portion including a Work engaging extension mov able into and out of overlying relation to a piece of Work -upon the Work supporting member as the-work clamping yelement is rotated and into and rout .or clamping engagement with a piece of work upon the work supporting member as .the clamping member is reciprocated in the work holder, and means for reciprocating the clamping element in the body portion and for locking said Hclamping element in its work clamping position.

.3. AWork holder of the type described comprising afmain body portion, `means for securing the body portion in position in a machina. a work supporting member carried by the body portion, a Work clamping element mounted for reciprocating and rotatable movement inthe body portion including a work engagingv extension movable into and out of overlying relation to a piece of work upon the work supporting member as thework clamping element is rotated and into and out-of clamping engagement with a piece of work upon the Work supporting member as the clamping member is reciprocated in the body portion. ,and means for reciprocating the clamping element in the body portion and for locking said clampingl element in its work clamping position, said means comprising a member rotatably mounted in the body portion, and an eccentric upon the inner end of the rotatable member and operating in a continuous channel in the clamping element.

CURTIS WEIDAUER. 

